Military History of Atlantic Canada

by Emma Lang  | Archaeological Sites, Cultural Landscape, Military, Monument / Landmark, Museum/Gallery, Park/Landscape

Places

Fort Anne National Historic Site

Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia

Charles Fort National Historic Site

Granville Ferry, Nova Scotia

Cupids Cove Plantation

Cupids, Newfoundland and Labrador

Fort Edward National Historic Site

Windsor, Nova Scotia

Fort Gaspareaux National Historic Site

Port Elgin, New Brunswick

Fort McNab National Historic Site

McNabs Island, Nova Scotia

Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site

Louisbourg, Nova Scotia

Georges Island National Historic Site

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Halifax Citadel National Historic Site

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Halifax Memorial

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Port-Royal National Historic Site

Granville Ferry, Nova Scotia

Prince of Wales Tower National Historic Site

Halifax, Nova Scotia

St. Andrews Blockhouse National Historic Site

St. Andrews, New Brunswick

York Redoubt National Historic Site

Fergusons Cove, Nova Scotia

Bloody Creek National Historic Site

Bridgetown, Nova Scotia

Carleton Martello Tower National Historic Site

Saint John, New Brunswick

USS Truxtun and USS Pollux Historic Wreck Sites

Saint Lawrence, Newfoundland and Labrador

Fort Point Military Site

Trinity, Newfoundland and Labrador

The Crow’s Nest Officers’ Club

St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

Private: Admiralty House Communications Museum

Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador

Signal Hill National Historic Site

St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

Sir Richard Clarke Landing Site

Saint Lawrence, Newfoundland and Labrador

Fort Beauséjour – Fort Cumberland National Historic Site

Aulac, New Brunswick

Maroon Hill

Middle Sackville, Nova Scotia

The Van Buskirks, Loyalist nomads

Aylesford, Nova Scotia

Yarmouth County Museum- Zion Church Memorial

Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

Monument to William Hall V.C.

Hantsport, Nova Scotia

Government House and the Maroons

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Saint Thomas Baptist Church

North Preston, Nova Scotia

Black Islanders: The Shephards

Cardigan, Prince Edward Island

Fort Saint Louis

Baccaro, Nova Scotia

Colony of Avalon

Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador

Dunbar Falls (Liberty Lane)

Fredericton, New Brunswick

Wolfe’s Landing National Historic Site

Kenningtone Cove, NS

Sylvia’s War

Lunenburg, Nova Scotia

Royal Battery National Historic Site

Louisbourg, Nova Scotia

Cape Spear Lighthouse National Historic Site

St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

The Guard House

Fredericton, New Brunswick

Torbay History House & Museum

Torbay, Newfoundland and Labrador

Road Map

Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia to Torbay, Newfoundland and Labrador

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